1979 revolution: black friday

When is a bad game not a bad game? When it inadvertently nudges you towards a good game. I began this week playing a very weak HAWXlike coded in Tehran and, via some connected Wikipedia delving and Steam sifting, ended it playing a powerful adventure game set during the Iranian Revolution. Squadron: Sky Guardians' flight model resembles actual flight in the same way a vaulting…

Hello, friends. Our podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, returned last week to talk about science fiction in games with a trio of Independent Games Festival awards nominees. One of those interviewees (Brendon Chung of Quadrilateral Cowboy) went on to win dat big ol' prize. In the second episode of our IGF special, we talk to the makers of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and Orwell about…